<p>Hey guys,
I have had a rather problematic junior year. Right now I'm not taking any AP sciences, and am just in honors chem and anatomy (did take ap bio last year though). I want to be a bio major in college, so sciences are important for me. I actually kind of wanted to take apes this year (the subject material seems really cool), but very stupidly did not. I was thinking of self-studying it now, but if I take it in the class next year I could get a GPA bump. So, do you think I should self-study for the exam this year, or just wait and take it next year in the class? I'm only taking three ap's right now, so it probably would not be too hard to fit in. But I'm just unsure about the whole gpa thing, I mean every bit counts right? And colleges don't look at ap scores, so they wouldn't even know (my main reason for wanting to take it is to learn more about ecology/environment, of course, but I also gotta consider what colleges would like ya know...)
Help? What would you do in my situation? Thanks for reading</p>
Okay, if you had a problematic junior year but want to improve yourself I say take the APES class. Especially since you want a science major, I say go for it.
In which case, colleges prefer that you take the class if your school offers it.